Written by Stephy Chung, CNN Junko Ogura, CNN Contributors Momo Moussa, CNN Tomo Umewaka, CNNFor 18-year-old model Rina Fukushi, Tokyo is home. But growing up as a mixed-race child in Japan wasn't always easy. Credit: Yuji WatanabeSuccessful hafu models like Fukushi -- and contemporaries like Kiko Mizuhara and Rola -- are using some of these stereotypes to their advantage. Hafu models' chameleon looks have helped defy categorization -- and even national identity. It is apt that Fukushi, one of the most popular hafu models in Japan, is interviewed at Frescade , a vintage store in central Tokyo.

Source: CNN November 24, 2017 01:01 UTC